Wada taluka

Wada taluka is a taluka in the Palghar district of Maharashtra.

Palghar district

On 1 August 2014, the talukas of Mokhada, Jawahar, Talasari, Vikramgad, Wada, Dahanu, Palghar and Vasai were separated from the erstwhile Thane district to form a new district Palghar.

Demographics

Vada taluka has a population of 178,370 according to the 2011 census. Vada had a literacy rate of 73.02% and a sex ratio of 939 females per 1000 males. 24,120 are under 7 years of age. 23,954 lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 2.51% and 57.02% of the population respectively.
At the time of the 2011 [Census of India], 91.35% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 4.97% Hindi and 1.92% Urdu as their first language.